New sketch released of attacker who told girl, 'take off your clothes and you'll be fine'

The new (left) and initial sketch of the person who is believed to have attacked two Miami-Dade high school students on Sept. 10, 2018 on the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami.

The new (left) and initial sketch of the person who is believed to have attacked two Miami-Dade high school students on Sept. 10, 2018 on the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami.

Prior to being beaten, the teens were in a remote wooded area of the campus at 3000 NE 151st Street, reportedly gathering samples for a school project

The new sketch was released about four days after FIU put out an initial drawing of the attacker.

The assailant is now described as a male between 18 and 20-years old who stands about 5-feet, 10-inches-tall with short-cropped brown hair, a medium-dark complexion and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with graphics on the front and dark-colored cargo shorts.

One of the attacked students Bela Perdomo, 15, was released from the hospital on Thursday, WTVJ-Ch. 6 reported. The other, James Critz, 16, left unconscious after the beating, was released Saturday, according to the station.

In 2017, Perdomo won an award called the “Eco Hero” from WPLG-Ch. 10 for her work in creating an ecologically safer way to prevent barnacles from growing.

In a hospital interview three days after the attack, Perdomo told the station the person who delivered the beating seemed “normal” at first but then suddenly used a tree branch to knock out Critz before going after her.

After she started screaming, Perdomo told the station the assailant tried to calm her down by saying, “ Don’t worry, I’m not going to kill you. Just take off your clothes and you’ll be fine.”

The FIU Police Department asks anyone with information on the attacker’s identity to contact Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade County at 305-471-8477 or online at www.crimestoppersmiami.com.